Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on December 24th, 1910 and passed away at the age of 81 on September 5th, 1992.

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Fritz Leiber Stats: The highest rated book by Fritz Leiber on Book Notification is Swords Against Death, the 5th novel in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. The second-highest rated book is Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #4).

The most read book by Fritz Leiber on Book Notification is Swords and Deviltry, the 4th novel in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. The second most read book is Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #2).

Below is a complete list of Fritz Leiber books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Fritz Leiber is the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series.

List of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Books in Publication Order (with Robin Wayne Bailey)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Swords of Lankhmar
1968
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2
7
Swords in the Mist
1968
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3
8
Swords Against Wizardry
1968
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4
8
Swords Against Death
1970
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5
7.2
Swords and Deviltry
1970
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6
6
Swords and Ice Magic
1977
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7
The Knight and Knave of Swords
1988
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8
10
Swords Against the Shadowlands ( By: Robin Wayne Bailey)
1994
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List of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series in Chronological Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.2
Swords and Deviltry
1970
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2
8
Swords Against Death
1970
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3
7
Swords in the Mist
1968
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4
8
Swords Against Wizardry
1968
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5
The Swords of Lankhmar
1968
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6
6
Swords and Ice Magic
1977
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7
The Knight and Knave of Swords
1988
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8
10
Swords Against the Shadowlands ( By: Robin Wayne Bailey)
1994
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List of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Graphic Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Ill Met in Lankhmar (With: Howard Chaykin)
1990
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2
9
The Circle Curse/The Howling Tower (With: Howard Chaykin)
1991
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3
9
Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (With: Howard Chaykin)
2007
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List of Change War Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Big Time - Includes No Great Magic!
1958
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2
6
The Big Time
1958
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3
Changewar
1983
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Gather, Darkness!
1943
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2
10
Conjure Wife
1943
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3
Destiny Times Three
1945
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4
The Sinful Ones
1950
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5
The Green Millennium
1953
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6
The Silver Eggheads
1961
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7
The Wanderer
1964
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8
A Specter Is Haunting Texas
1968
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9
Our Lady of Darkness
1977
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10
Rime Isle
1977
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11
No Truce with Kings & Ship of Shadows (With: Poul Anderson)
1989
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12
The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich
1996
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Coming Attraction
1950
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2
6
The Moon Is Green
1952
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3
What's He Doing in There?
1957
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4
Bread Overhead
1958
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5
8
The Night of the Long Knives
1960
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6
No Great Magic
1963
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7
Gonna Roll the Bones
1967
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8
Belsen Express
1975
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9
Dark Wings
1978
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10
The Button Molder
1979
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11
The Last Letter
2011
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12
The Dead Man
2011
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13
Mariana
2011
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14
Claws from the Night
2014
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15
Yesterday House
2016
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16
Nice Girl with 5 Husbands
2016
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Night's Black Agents
1947
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2
A Pail of Air
1951
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3
Night Monsters
1953
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4
The Big Time / The Mind Spider and Other Stories
1961
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5
The Creature from Cleveland Depths
1962
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6
Shadows With Eyes
1962
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7
6
Ships to the Stars
1964
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8
The Night of the Wolf
1966
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9
The Secret Songs
1968
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10
The Book of Fritz Leiber
1974
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11
The Best of Fritz Leiber
1974
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12
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber
1975
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13
The Worlds of Fritz Leiber
1976
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14
Heroes and Horrors
1978
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15
Ervool
1980
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16
Ship of Shadows
1982
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17
The Mystery of the Japanese Clock
1982
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18
The Ghost Light
1984
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19
Bazaar of the Bizarre
1984
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20
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber
1990
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21
Dark Ladies
1991
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22
Gummitch and Friends
1992
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23
Kreativity for Kats and Other Feline Fantasies
1992
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24
The Black Gondolier
1998
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25
Selected Stories
2001
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26
Smoke Ghost
2002
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27
Smoke Ghost & Other Apparitions
2002
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28
Day Dark, Night Bright
2002
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29
Horrible Imaginings
2004
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30
The Creature from Cleveland Depths and Other Tales
2007
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31
Poor Superman and Others
2009
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32
Strange Wonders
2010
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33
Horror Gems, Vol. Two
2011
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34
Science Fiction Collection 001
2011
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35
The Night of the Long Knives and Other Works
2011
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36
Science Fiction Collection 002 (With: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
2011
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37
The Lords of Quarmall / The Beacon to Elsewhere
2011
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38
Snakes & Spiders
2012
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39
Hatchery of Dreams
2012
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40
The Moon Is Green and Other Tales
2013
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41
The Frost Monstreme
2014
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42
Fritz Leiber
2016
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43
Bullet with His Name and Other Tales
2016
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44
A Hitch in Space and Other Tales
2016
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45
The Science Fiction Archive #2
2018
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List of Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
1966
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2
John Carter of Mars: Gods of the Forgotten (By: Geary Gravel)
2021
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3
10
Tarzan and the Forest of Stone (By: Jeffrey Mariotte)
2022
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4
Red Axe of Pellucidar (By: John Eric Holmes)
2022
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5
Mahars of Pellucidar (By: John Eric Holmes)
2022
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6
Victory Harben: Fires of Halos (With: Mike Wolfer, Christopher Paul Carey)
2022
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7
A Princess of Mars: Shadow of the Assassins (By: Ann Tonsor Zeddies)
2024
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8
Victory Harben: Tales from the Void (With: Mike Wolfer, Christopher Paul Carey, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Geary Gravel)
2024
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List of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (By: Robert Sheckley)
2016
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2
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (By: Robert Sheckley)
2018
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3
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (With: James Blish, Poul Anderson, Clifford D. Simak, Harry Harrison, Roger Dee, Anthony Gilmore, Robert Hoskins, Richard Rein Smith)
2018
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List of The Dark Descent Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Dark Descent: Volume I: The Color of Evil (With: Stephen King, Robert Bloch, Shirley Jackson, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, David G. Hartwell, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, E. Nesbit, Charles L. Grant, H.P. Lovecraft, Nathaniel Hawthorne, M.R. James, Karl Edward Wagner, Manly Wade Wellman, Russell Kirk, John Collier, Robert Aickman, Lucy Clifford, Michael Shea)
1987
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2
The Dark Descent: Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield (By: Stephen King, Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner, Theodore Sturgeon, David G. Hartwell, Tanith Lee, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Michael Bishop, Ramsey Campbell, Henry James, H.P. Lovecraft, Joanna Russ, Richard Matheson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D.H. Lawrence, Dennis Etchison, Thomas M. Disch, Clive Barker, Robert Aickman, Robert Hichens, Edgar Allen Poe)
1990
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3
The Dark Descent: Volume III: A Fabulous, Formless Darkness (By: Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, David G. Hartwell, Algernon Blackwood, Edith Wharton, Thomas M. Disch, Robert Aickman)
1991
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List of Fritz Leiber Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Swords & Sorcery
1963
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2
Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963
1963
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3
Best of Science Fiction: No. 10
1964
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4
If This Goes On
1965
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5
The Eighth Galaxy Reader
1965
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6
Science Fiction Oddities
1966
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7
8
Dangerous Visions
1967
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8
Backdrop of Stars
1968
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9
On Our Way to the Future
1970
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10
Swords Against Tomorrow
1970
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11
Nebula Award 6
1972
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12
More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2
1973
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13
Fantastic Stories Special - 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual
1975
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14
Weird Heroes Volume 1
1975
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15
Six Science Fiction Plays
1975
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16
The Late Great Future
1976
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17
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV
1976
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18
Disciples of Cthulhu
1976
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19
Whispers
1977
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20
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V
1977
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21
Rod Serling's Other Worlds
1978
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22
Galaxy: Volume 1
1980
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23
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century
1980
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24
8
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969
1981
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25
Death
1982
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26
Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King
1982
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27
6
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor
1982
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28
Great Fantasy
1983
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29
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 10
1984
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30
Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction
1985
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31
Barbarians
1986
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32
The Dark Descent: Volume I: The Color of Evil
1987
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33
Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr
1987
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34
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader
1987
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35
Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds
1987
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36
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats
1988
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37
Tales of the Occult
1989
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38
The Dark Descent: Volume II: The Medusa In The Shield
1990
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39
The Dark Descent: Volume III: A Fabulous, Formless Darkness
1991
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40
The Horror Hall of Fame
1991
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41
Cats in Space... and Other Places
1992
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42
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
1993
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43
100 Wild Little Weird Tales
1994
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44
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories
1996
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45
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment
1998
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46
The SFWA Grand Masters 1
1999
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47
Armageddons
1999
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48
Space Soldiers
2001
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49
In Lands That Never Were
2004
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50
The World Turned Upside Down
2005
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51
Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction
2007
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52
Time Crime & Fourteen Other SciFi Classics from the 30's to the 60's
2009
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53
Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2
2010
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54
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010
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55
Science Fiction Collection 002
2011
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56
The Sword & Sorcery Anthology
2012
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57
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four, Jack Sharkey and Others
2012
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58
The Wildside Book of Fantasy
2012
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59
6
The Book of Cthulhu II
2012
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60
6
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF
2013
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61
Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories
2015
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62
The Best of Galaxy, Volume Two
2016
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63
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X
2018
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64
Blood Is Not Enough
2019
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65
The Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse MEGAPACK®
2019
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66
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection
2020
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Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber (Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr.) was born on December 24th, 1910. Fritz passed away September 5th, 1992 at 81 years old. Fritz Leiber was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Fritz Leiber was the author of the Fritz Leiber Short Story Collections series which consists of 45 novels. The Fritz Leiber Short Story Collections series started in 1947 with the novel Night's Black Agents. The most recently released novel in the Fritz Leiber Short Story Collections series was The Science Fiction Archive #2 which was released in 2018. There are no upcoming novels for the Fritz Leiber Short Story Collections series.

Fritz Leiber: Awards & Accolades

Fritz Leiber has won multiple awards including: The World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 1976 and the Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, in 1987.

Leiber's books have also won multiple awards, Conjure Wife won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1944. The Big Time won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1958. The Wanderer won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1965. The Second Book of Fritz Leiber won the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story, in 1976. Belsen Express won the World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction, in 1976. Our Lady of Darkness won the World Fantasy Award, Novel, in 1978. The Button Molder won the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story, in 1980.

The following novels by Fritz Leiber were also nominated for these awards:

  • Gather, Darkness!: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1944).
  • Destiny Times Three: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1946).
  • Dark Wings: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1977).
  • Whispers: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1978).
  • The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1978).
  • Swords and Ice Magic: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1978).
  • Our Lady of Darkness: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1978).
  • Heroes and Horrors: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1979).
  • The Button Molder: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1980).
  • Horrible Imaginings: World Fantasy Award, Novella (1983).
  • The Knight and Knave of Swords: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1989).
  • Blood Is Not Enough: 17 Stories of Vampirism: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1990).
  • The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1991).
  • The Swords of Lankhmar: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2006).

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Fritz Leiber: F.A.Q

When was Fritz Leiber Born?

Fritz Leiber was born on December 24th, 1910.

When did Fritz Leiber die?

Fritz Leiber died on September 5th, 1992 at 81 years old.

Where was Fritz Leiber Born?

Fritz Leiber was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

What awards has Fritz Leiber won?

Fritz Leiber has won the following awards: Life Achievement at the World Fantasy Award (1976) and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bram Stoker Awards (1987).

What book awards has Fritz Leiber won?

Conjure Wife: Hugo Award Best Novel (1944).
The Big Time: Hugo Award Best Novel (1958).
The Wanderer: Hugo Award Best Novel (1965).
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber: British Fantasy Award Best Short Story (1976).
Belsen Express: World Fantasy Award Short Fiction (1976).
Our Lady of Darkness: World Fantasy Award Novel (1978).
The Button Molder: British Fantasy Award Best Short Story (1980).

What was the first book Fritz Leiber wrote?

The first book written by Fritz Leiber was Gather, Darkness!, published in 1943.

What was the most recent book Fritz Leiber wrote?

His most recently released work was Victory Harben: Tales from the Void on November 26th, 2024.

How many books has Fritz Leiber written?

Fritz Leiber has written 88 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 7 books in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series, 3 books in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Graphic Novels, 3 books in the Change War Series, 12 Standalone Novels, 16 Short Stories/Novellas, 44 books in the Short Story Collections, 3 books in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe Series.

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